Hugh Masekela Is Alive and Well at the Whisky
1967 live album by Hugh Masekela
Hugh Masekela Is Alive and Well at the Whisky | ||||
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Live album by Hugh Masekela | ||||
Released | 1967 | |||
Recorded | 18 to 20 September 1967 | |||
Venue | Whisky a Go Go, Hollywood, California | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 33:35 | |||
Label | Uni Records 3015, 73015 | |||
Producer | Stewart Levine | |||
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [1] |
Hugh Masekela Is Alive and Well at the Whisky is a 1967 live album by South African jazz musician Hugh Masekela released via Uni Records label.[2][3][4] It was recorded live at the night club Whisky a Go Go, Hollywood, California, in 18 to 20 September 1967.[5][6] The song "Up, Up and Away" was later included in his 2004 album Still Grazing.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Mra" (Christopher Columbus) | Caiphus Semenya | 3:57 |
2. | "Little Miss Sweetness" | Smokey Robinson | 3:32 |
3. | "A Whiter Shade of Pale" | Gary Brooker, Keith Reid | 2:58 |
4. | "Up, Up and Away" | Jimmy Webb | 5:25 |
5. | "Son of an Ice Bag" | Hugh Masekela | 3:45 |
6. | "Senor Corãza" | Al Abreu | 7:50 |
7. | "Coincidence" | Hugh Masekela | 3:10 |
8. | "Ha Lese Le Di Khanna" | Caiphus Semenya | 2:58 |
Personnel
- Bass – Henry Franklin
- Cover design, photography – Jeffery Eisen
- Drums – Chuck Carter
- Percussion – Elmer Siegel (uncredited)
- Piano – Cecil Barnard
- Producer – Stewart Levine
- Saxophone – Al Abreu
- Trumpet, vocals – Hugh Masekela (uncredited)
References
- ^ Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1203. ISBN 9780857125958. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ^ "TOP LP'S". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 2 March 1968. p. 64. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ "Hugh Masekela - Biography". Amoeba Music. amoeba.com. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ "Hugh Masekela – Hugh Masekela Is Alive and Well at the Whisky". Allmusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
- ^ "Hugh Masekela: Hugh Masekela Is Alive and Well at the Whisky". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
- ^ "DISCOGRAPHY: 1955-1969". dougpayne.com. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
External links
- Official website
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- Trumpet Africaine (1962)
- Grrr (1966)
- Hugh Masekela's Next Album (1966)
- The Emancipation of Hugh Masekela (1966)
- Hugh Masekela's Latest (1967)
- The Promise of a Future (1968)
- Africa '68 (1968)
- Masekela (1969)
- Reconstruction (1970)
- Hugh Masekela & The Union of South Africa (1971)
- Home Is Where the Music Is (1972)
- Introducing Hedzoleh Soundz (1973)
- I Am Not Afraid (1974)
- The Boy's Doin' It (1975)
- Colonial Man (1976)
- Melody Maker
- You Told Your Mama Not to Worry (1977)
- Herb Alpert / Hugh Masekela (1978)
- Home (1982)
- Techno-Bush (1984)
- Waiting for the Rain (1985)
- Tomorrow (1987)
- Uptownship (1989)
- Beatin' Aroun de Bush (1992)
- Notes of Life (1996)
- Black to the Future (1998)
- Sixty (2000)
- Time (2002)
- Revival (2005)
- Almost Like Being in Jazz (2005)
- Phola (2009)
- Jabulani (2012)
- Friends (2012)
- Playing @ Work (2012)
- No Borders (2016)
- Rejoice (2020)
- The Best of Masekela (1969)
- Stimela (1994)
- The Best of Hugh Masekela on Novus (1999)
- Grazing in the Grass: The Best of Hugh Masekela (2001)
- The Collection (2003)
- Still Grazing (2004)
- The Chisa Years: 1965–1975 (Rare and Unreleased) (2006)
- The Americanization of Ooga Booga (1966)
- Hugh Masekela Is Alive and Well at the Whisky (1967)
- The Lasting Impression of Hugh Masekela (1968)
- Main Event Live (1978)
- Hope (1994)
- Live at the BBC (2002)
- Live at the Market Theatre (2007)
- "Up-Up and Away"
- "Grazing in the Grass"
- "Skokiaan"
- Still Grazing (2004)